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Library of Congress1914

Image 6 of The Hattiesburg news (Hattiesburg, Miss.), May 14, 1914

TIMES CHANGE From the New Orleans Item The merger of the Chicago Record Herald and Inter Ocean two great newspaper In their day Is not only slg niflciant of the narrowing field of the morning newspaper It Is significant also of the revolution In American fUtlcal conditions for with the death of the Inter Ocean Chicago for the Erst time since antlbellum days finds itself without a single straight out Republican daily paper A realisation of the pending blow to their prestige led Illinois Republi cans to sealous efforts to finance the purchase of the RecordHerald and the later Ocean within the past month But in Chicago as elsewhere capital has become shy of political organs in general and Republican organs in par tlcular and the result is that two former strong Republican Journals n t is marvelous bov lex they vfearand u t m FOR w MEN OMY J nUJII For every pPQ little ache and pain and big aches and big pains DRIVES PAIN AWAY b quickly absorbedgood lor sores neuralgia Mlfl joints rheumatism etc 25c at druggists Why Not Begin to Reduce the High Cost of Living by Using Silver Fox i tx ar s I TT

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Library of Congress1914

Image 2 of The Hattiesburg news (Hattiesburg, Miss.), July 21, 1914

I Hattiesburg îfatua Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday Editor Business Manager F D LANDER A B HOBB8 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS _ EnterecTasTecondclass matter on May 22 1907 at the postoffice at Hat tiesburg Miss under the Act of Congress of March 2 1879 _ c CIRCULATION OF ANY SOUTH MISSISSIPPI PAPER LARGEST TUESDAY JULY 21 1914 OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OF HATTIESBURG AND COUNTY O F FO RREST TELEPHONES 35 Editorial and New Room Business and Job Department 133 SUBSCRIPTION RATES STRICTLY CASH IN ADVANCE 000 One Year BIx Months Three Months By the Month 300 150 50 cents coffin and wear it Carbajal if ke dont mind out will inherit Huertas longer than he will his crown The in New Orleans on rats SergeantGeneral Blue is making war squealing mightily against blue laws rats ure Now we have a new phase of the Mexican situation to mouth about Wilson and Bryan will settle it their way and after much Whats the use mouthingthe country will be satisfied _ Chautauqua Week was a most delightful week for all those who took advantage of it Success begets success and Chautauqua Week next year will be even a greater success than

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Library of Congress1909

Image 4 of Times-promoter (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.), July 15, 1909

The TimesPromoter G L Darden Publisher SUBSCRIPTION RATES 100 One Year Six Months Three Months T 60 26 Obituaries resolutions of respect and no tices of pay entertainments will be charged for at two and onehalf cents per line of ev ery six words Count the words in your man uscript and send two and onehalf cents for every six otherwise it will not be published Anent The Lumber Trust Attorney General Sterling has brought suit against the Retail Lum ber Dealers Association of Mississip pi and Louisiana for more than four teen million dollars for violating the antitmst laws of Mississippi The supreme court of Mississippi has already ruled that the Association is a trust and the case has been appeal ed to the supreme court of the United States If that tribunal affirms the decision of the Mississippi courts the attorney general should be able to recover There is ample evidence that the Association is a combination in re straint of competition Evidence can also be adduced to show that when a consumer in one part of the state buys lumber direct from a member of the Association in another section the member of the Association living nearest

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Library of Congress1938

Image 2 of The Durant news (Durant, Miss.), June 9, 1938

f THE DURANT NEWS R PUBUSHED EVERY THURSDAY _ Hazel Brannon Editor and Publisher Subscription in Advance200 Per Year MEMBER MISSISSIPPI PRESS ASSOCIATION Entered as Second Class mail matter in the Postoffice at Durant Mississippi Liquor Dealers Again Three weeks ago we wrote an editorial about the liquor dealers in Holmes county In it we said tha there were 42 places in Holmes county with Federal licenses to distribute liquor and wines According to our record we listed seven places in the city limits of Tchula on the western section side of our county among the 42 Mayor W C Perry of Tchula checked upon the places listed and found that only two of these places were inside the city limits the others being on the out skirts Mayor Perry said that he made an effort to keep up with what was going on in the city and that he didn t believe these two places sold liquor Thus Tchula is cleared up hub actually sell whiskey to the best of our and official knowledge We are glad to make this statement We can only say that we wish we could say the same of the other communities in Holmes

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Library of Congress1948

Image 1 of The Durant news (Durant, Miss.), April 8, 1948

THE DURANT NEWS 90th YEAR NUMBER 30 DURANT MISSISSIPPI THURSDAY APRIL 87 1948 J 200 Per Year I THROUGH HAZEL By Hazel Brannon Your editor is very humbly proud this week of the fact that she re ceived first place for the best news story first place for the best news paper published by a woman and second place in feature writing in contest sponsored by the Mississip pi Federation of Press Women Top winners in this contest are entered in the national contest sponsored by the National Federation of Press Women Recognition of our effort in our chosen field means a great deal of couise but we do not Ynind saying the reward we like most is when folks say Miss Hazel you sure do put out a good paper Wed rather have our subscribers like us than win all the glory in the state or nation And thats the truth Army Day Tuesday April 6th is being celebrated in Holmes county tomorrow April 9th Durant citizens are given a spec ial invitation to attend Col Harwood C Bowman who served as a Brigadier General under Lt General Joe Stillwell in the ChinaBurmaIndia treatre will make the principal speech

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Library of Congress1844

Image 3 of Jeffersonian Democrat (Kosciusko, Miss.), March 9, 1844

i r Iril ers adrews Union rinoj ir KiichntaWP RrilHlQll Anton 1UU Notice i the April Terra of the Probate Court fsM Innnlv nnnlv fnr 1 inwing Piecc or0101 and yg in Attala described ana Known as the east half C5T southwest quaner oi section 28 in hio 13 nortn ci iauKe o east when and persons interested in the said ands ntsandheriditameuts of Chaffin Smith j Ho mes County deceased may ap nd shew caUHe n any tney can why said hould not be sold for the pudpose of pay Vhts of he said deceased Smith JANE SMITH ftbS4 1844761 Administratrix JAst of Letters ivrvo in the Post Office at Knsrinc d Mission the 1st of January 1844 which hv the 1st dav of A Kesent to the General Post Office as dead 2 Atwood TOWH 2 Adkinson John Austin John Biggs John Boyd John Barnet Nicholas Bates Thos De La ey Thomas vutes James jeDH iicite A frkRufus K Samuel 3iaihaniel ss James itaway S juanFred dd James inCC jrard Henry B jjjt Robert bmet ft UKon Andrew S ins Win a Miss Dilled k Chapman air James A forell Frances L Uell Jeremiah Man Joseph life Wm

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Library of Congress1899

Image 2 of Greene County herald (Leakesville, Miss.), September 22, 1899

GREENE COUNTY KHALI Published Every Friday JAS FAULK tdltor and Sole Proprietor Official organ of Greene County Subscription 3100 per yeai IN ADVANCE Advertising rates furnished on appli Mtion Local reading notices 5c per line Addreaa all communications to Pub listers at Leakesville Greene County Iliii Sintered in the Poatoffloe at Leakes villo as secondclass matter A_1 ANNOUNCEMENTS Wo are authorized to announce the following candidates on the Demo cratic t cket for the offices named in the geuerrl election ns per permision f tho Democratic Executive Comrni loe of Green County viz JTur Kepresenranve J A SMITH For District Attorney W A WTHITE For Tax Assessor RICHARD D COCHRAN For Ctei of Courts DAN MoLEOD S R MKAY Ifor SLeiLff BEN C ODANIEL W W WALLEY Superintendent of Education W M DORSETT Justice of the Peaee HARDY MILLS For Supervisor Beat No 1 JOHN D TURNER Beat No 2 T J LUCAS For Constable Beat No 1 HARRY MOODY DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET For Governor A II Longino of Washington For Lieutenant Governor Jns T Harrison of Lowndes For Secretary of State J L Tower of Hinds For Auditor W Q Cole of Yalobusha For Treasurer J R Stowers of

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Library of Congress1915

Image 5 of Greene County herald (Leakesville, Miss.), December 10, 1915

Greene Count Herald n obltuurv to each deceased published free If It does not exceed 400 words Count the words and cut It down If excessive Card of Thanks not political will be Inser ted for 1 whereof average short form If long winded extra 5c per line for such overuge Let the thanking parties bear the expense of their lhankyou talks In print which Is but fair to the newspaperman Local Reading notices of a commercial or business nature will be run for lOo per line for the first Insertion onehalf prloe for subse quent insertions When such notices are of a religious or benevolent nature 5c per line No charge for church or charitable notices where there is no admission fee or benefitstring at tached I in DAY Dec 10 1916 localj Mrs Joe Tooley ot Minneapolis Minn is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs E W L Davis out in the forks of Big Creek She is accom panied by her little daughter E P Walley principal of Pleas ant Hill Consolidated school has pur j ised himself an auto of the Stu oaker type Its a twoseated one table of carrying live passengers D C Turner

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Library of Congress1918

Image 2 of Greene County herald (Leakesville, Miss.), October 4, 1918

Greene County Herald PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY AT LEAESVILLE MISSISSIPPI Entered In the phstoffice at Lcakcville Mississippi as secondclass mail mat ter Established Sept 1st 1898 JAKES FAULK Editor subscription RATI One year payabe in advance 8100 1 Five months50 Ten veeks 25 Advertising rates furnished on application Wbiskev and Tobacco ads Tabooed Mississippi Press Association MEMBER FRIDAY Vi 4 1918 WI mm III J EDITORIAL DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES Named in recent August Primary as Partys choice in General Election Nov 1918 For U S Senator B 1 HARRISON n_n ____ diu lv PAUL U JOHNSON For Circuit Judge Ifitb Dist R W HKIPKInERO For Chancery Judge2nd Uist VM DENNY Jit O The encouraging success wh eh is attending the arms of the alliesin which the American forces are play ing no inconspieious partis a source of great gratification to all true Amoricans and while there are some who are not true all over the country yet particularly in this sec tion of it are we persuaded that the vast majority are true There have been differences and sharp ones in our political scraps at home and charges and countercharges made for advantage to the particular side but most folks in these

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Library of Congress1959

Image 1 of Holmes County herald (Lexington, Miss.), December 31, 1959

JJoimeS Sountu HER M Volume 1No 49 LEXINGTON MISSISSIPPI Thursday December si Progress Late Start No Space Sorry Due to a late start on this weeks issue after the Christ mas holidays and the lack of space we were forced to leave out some of the news this week This news will appear in next weeks Herald GROUND BREAKING ceremonies for the newly formed Black Creek Charcoal Co was scheduled to take place on the site of the plant just west of Lexington Thursday to day at 10 am Lexington officials and civic leaders were on hand for the cere monies as were other dignitaries from Jack son and Herbert Hyman one of the owners Pictured above watching Mr Hyman look through the transent last week as the site was being laid off are William Cooksey who will be in charge of maintenance at the plant and C M Martin Plant supt in charge of production Good Paper Good Competitor FourCounty News Bows Out by Chester Marshall After more than five years of operation The Four County News of Pickens ceased pub lication this week with the Dec 30 issue In a front page editorial Publisher CurtfHs H Multen said

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Library of Congress1961

Image 2 of Holmes County herald (Lexington, Miss.), October 12, 1961

EDITORIAL PAGE JloLei County HERALD JACK SHEARER JREDITOR Entered at the Postoffice at Lexington Mississippi as Second Class Mail under the Act of Congress of March 3 1879 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Payable in advance in Holmes and adjoining counties par year 300 six months 175 elsewhere per year 330 six months 200 Publiahed every Thursday by the Holmes County Publishing Co Inc 201 Tchula Street Lexington Mississippi EDITORIAL COMMENT NATIONAL PRESS WEEK IS OBSERVED OCT 915 This week October 915 is National Newspaper Week Millions of words will be written by hundreds of editors throughout the nation on the topic of the role their publications play as Heri tage of Truth Frontier of Freedom which has been declared the theme of the week Unfortunately there will be considerably fewer words written con cerning the other side of the coin the shortcomings and inadequacies which are evident in the newspaper profession There will be little said about the serious responsibilities which newspapers often fail to realize Perhaps the most important task of any newspaper is to objectively report the events which transpire in the area which it serves Objectivity however is sometimes quite difficult to obtain Even when the editor of a

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Library of Congress1961

Image 2 of Holmes County herald (Lexington, Miss.), December 14, 1961

EDITORIAL PAGE MJme HERALD Published by the Holmes County Publishing Company at 200 Tchula Street Lexington Mississippi Entered at the Postoffice at Lexington Mississippi as Second Class mail un der the Act of Congress of March 3 1879 Subscription rates for Holmes and adjoining counties per year 300 six months 175 elsevvhe e pel year 350 Jack A Shearer Jr Editor W J Pritchard Linda ILeonard Mechanical Superintendent Womens Editor EDITORIAL COMMENT NEWSPAPER STILL TOPS AS ADVERTISING MEDIA Reprinted From StarFIerald Kosciusko The introduction of a new product or a new place of business is the most diffi cult of all advertising jobs It is a job which is nearly always entrusted to the newspaper by both local retailers and na tional advertisers The manufacturer of a new electric shaver has listed six reasons for choos ing newspapers as a medium for intro ducing the new product 1 Newspapers permit concentration in specific markets 2 Newspapers allow a company to capitalize on the news atmosphere of the medium in announcing a new product 3 The newspaper provides the advan tage of large page sizewith greater impact 4 The newspaper offers greater flexi bility than other media 5 The newspaper gives

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Library of Congress1962

Image 2 of Holmes County herald (Lexington, Miss.), July 12, 1962

Weekly Publisher Outlines Problems lie printed from The Publishers Auxiliary By Mel Hodell One of the most enjoyable aspects of my life is making money This is part and parcel of being in the newspaper busi ness as far as Im concerned Its fine and dandy of course to contribute every thing to your community and the public up to your eye brows free of charge in a continuing burst of mighty causes But after the day is over and you go home there is a matter of finding your off spring wellshod with a hair cut and a full satisfied sto mach And seeing as how the news paper business is a private enterurise there really is en joyment in making abuck on ce in a while I believe my greatest frus tration comes from the situa tion involving the split per sonalities who deal with a smaller newspaper when it comes to money On the one hand we often are wrooed with the most en thusiastic passion possible when it comes to printing news promotion advertising assorted whatnots about e ery thing and everybody in the newrs columns free of charge On the other hand we too often

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Library of Congress1963

Image 2 of Holmes County herald (Lexington, Miss.), July 18, 1963

j4omed County HERALD Published by the Holmes Cotinty Publishing Company at 200 Tchula Street Lexington Mississippi Entered at the Postoffice at Lexington Mississippi as Second Class mail under the Act of Congress of March 3 1879 Subscription lates for Holmes and adjoining counties 300 per year six months 200 elsewhere 400 per year PAUL TARDYEditor ALL1E S TARDY Associate Editor_ Retailers govern economy The whole welfare of a community is closely related to the prosperity of local retail outlets The conditions of churches schools government libraries and other cultu ral institutions are largely a reflection of the health of business community Thus it is one of the first functions of a local newspaper to assist m the development of a sound local econo my Newspaper advertising is a proven stimulant and long range supporter of local retail trade Few publishers however are so shortsighted that they would not re cognize the neqd for other forms of advertising in the local community The newspaper publisher wishes his advertising to be effective and he knows that newspaper advertising can be effectively supplemented by good window display posters at point of sale and personal salesmanship within the store Any supplemental advertising which helps

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Library of Congress1843

Image 1 of Lexington union (Lexington, Miss.), December 16, 1843

tIMIltltS SLrr liLjLMIWllllllMailll I I IIMIIIMIMI1 r Ill in I III I iL rr rT Tl TJ TT Ti a wr tttt v i il IIfl3IEIIMOTSPr IMM0 i s H jilt I LcxiiigtoEi jHUsissiiiiri lcccnibcr Itt 18I i in tviuY IfrTURDAV mRWio UY juu llubscriptioii3 it paid r5UotpaidunuUxplraUon in 1C 4CMS OF ADVERTISING will be inserted at U iorlcssc9wlingasluare i ic margin of the manuscript ICiJbelrted until forbid and Iccordmgly Adveruscnenu distance must bo accompanied with rtmsnto and communications of o nature will be charged double we rate 11 n i Lin candidates foremmty oAicck 15 each for Statu and District oi 10 trains JM un l tortlail cerium and tjeeiuui Ctuc j o n Aand Fever also used successfully in the treatment of Millions Fever t nausea general debili andnervouiiccaliiitxH The most flattering recommendations of this Medicine have been received from many eminent Physicians ami oilier who have used it And it is presumed that no medicine has ever been used wliose action has beii more beneficial jdeasnnl invig oratimr iimd called hllh from afflicted sufferers such cxprei4is of hearifeli gratitude and thankfulness Persons la kiuj the Pills noon Vuid themselves re lieved Chill broken ievtir trone Sto mach

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Library of Congress1903

Image 1 of Okolona messenger (Okolona, Miss.), March 11, 1903

J f I 1 I i IV II IJ I I JL I I FAS 11 I I X NT 1 fOrvTllEDEVELOFilEifiowtfc KB5i4lllMil ABE STELXBEEGER 4 SOM 100 A Tear n kixiM Ouk Aim To Tell the Truth Obey the Lav and Make Money Oub Motto Talk for Home Work for Home and Fight for Home fUMlKOl VOL 31 OKOLONA MISS WEDNESDAY MAKCH 11 1903 NO 10 SCIENCE AND SPIRITS longer IB William Crooka no stands for spirits and the open door to the unseen He frankly confesses that the chase in their direction has led him only to a brick wall There is no bridge between the spiritual and material world and I dont see how there can be is his latest utterance Coming from a man who has been deep in the merits of all psychic phenomena that the ag could roll up this dictum has forlornly the nature of a last word to the eager watchers at the tower which proud science haa reared for some defi nite peep into the spirit world That it still appends a hope that psychical science may perhaps stumble upon a soul a stray glimpse of tne spir itual kingdom is

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Library of Congress1903

Image 6 of Okolona messenger (Okolona, Miss.), March 18, 1903

THE DUTY OP A NEWSPAPER Unfavorable criticisms of news papers are frequently made on the ground that they misrepresent things That is true They Ire qnently do But the newspaper which is trying faithfully to give the reading public the news makes remarkably few mistakes when it is considered how many state ments it is called upon to make in eachissue Those who are in the habit of charging inaccuracy in newspapers should remember two things First the average news paper makes certainly not less than ten thousand statements a year If none of these were er roneous or slightly misleading it would be astounding And sec ondly it is customary for one mis take in a newspaper to provoke more criticism than the nine thousand ninehundred and nine tynine correct statements And this very fact is much in the newspapers favor If the mis takes were so common they would not excite so much comment The record for accuracy and truth as held by a standard newspaper of good repute and enjoying a wide circulation among aa intelligent clientalle would put to blush any stump speaker platform lecturer or magazine lecturer in the land We once knew of a

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Library of Congress1909

Image 6 of Okolona messenger (Okolona, Miss.), January 6, 1909

fJACiKTTES raoG NOT GOOD BAIT Why Bailey Failed to Catch the Baea Good Fmraitiire Our Sale 1VOS 1ET0HG 7n t He went to be f but not to sleep The fact that h little girl was at tending her first 6 Ml grownup priy ff made him wake OvrW 1 ful and tnou8nt ful for It was nam ior uiui lu reconcile himself to the Idea of bis baby Elsie turning Into a young wom an Twelve oclock He wished that she were asleep in the small crib beside his bed where he had rocked her night after night during the first six years of her happy little life But of course he could not make her a baby again Half past 12 If she could only have stayed a j schoolgirl a few years longer that would have been a comfort and she might have done It Just as well as not j It was really only a matter of the j length of her skirts They had been j suddenly lowered In the spring from her shoe tops to within an Inch or so of the floor and Elsie had gayly an nounced that she was grown up

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